85% of information used in driving comes through the eyes. Even with glasses, there are many changes that happen to our eyes that can affect our driving, including:
This makes it harder to shift your attention from the dashboard to the traffic signs.
This makes it harder to tell how fast cars are moving and what the distance is between objects you are trying to avoid!
This will affect your ability to see objects lying in the road, faded highway lane makers or pedestrians in dark clothing at night.
This makes it harder to avoid obstacles in the road, like a mattress that has fallen off a truck. It also makes it harder to avoid cars that move into your lane suddenly!
Compared to a 16-year old, a 55 year old takes eight times longer to recover from glare. Glare can momentarily blind a driver and it makes it very hard to see road signs.
That’s why many older people report that all of a sudden, a car whizzed past or a vehicle from another lane pulled in front of them.
This makes it harder to adjust when entering or leaving a tunnel.
In some older adults, the area they can see and cognitively process becomes limited to what is directly in front of their eyes. This increases the chances of a side collision.
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